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High School Band Director Says He Was ‘Just Doing My Job’...
AP news
An Alabama high school band director said this week that he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Visits Her Mother’s Alma Mater in Alabama
By Cody D. Short | cshort@al.com
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traveled to Alabama last week to visit several historical markers, including Tuskegee University,...
HBCU Roundup For Sept. 23: Tuskegee U. Looks to Stay Unbeaten
By Donald Hunt
Special to the Times
Tuskegee University is one of the hottest teams in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) putting together an impressive...
Carol McKinstry, Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor, on the ‘Hurt And Grief’
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Carol Maull McKinstry, 15 years old in 1963, had been a member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church since the...
U.S. Assistant AG Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks at Miles College
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
For The Birmingham Times
United States Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke on Thursday encouraged Miles College students to consider using their talents for...
HBCU Roundup, Week 3: Miles Takes Unbeaten Record on Road to...
By Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
Miles College is off to an impressive 2-0 start. The Golden Bears will have a chance to put another...
Birmingham’s Kenya Staples on Refreshing Your Skin and Renewing Your Spirit
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Kenya Staples, owner of Dear Sunday Skincare, a small business in the self-care field, has a background in chemistry,...
$1M Grant from Truist Foundation Helps Birmingham Residents With Career Training
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Previously a stay-at-home mother of two, Shakita Rivers said she wanted to do more than rely on her husband working...
Birmingham’s Walladeen Streeter, Health Care Champion for a Better Bush Hills...
BY PATIENCE ITSON
bhamnow.com
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine may have been a no-brainer for some, but for others, it wasn’t such a simple decision—especially in Birmingham’s...
A New Birmingham Violence Prevention Project Helps Young People Get Back...
By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series, “Beyond the Violence: What Can Be Done to Address Birmingham’s Rising Homicide...